The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-26
CLOTHES BY THE HOUR.


HOW the ImpecunfOus Dude Manages tu
Keep Up Appearances rs to Dress.
"Ah! Chap! Is that one of Fwank's.'
said one of those beings that give strong
reason to believe in the Darwinian theory
the other afternoon on Chestnut street.
The object addressed was quite as nice an
IF" as the one that spoke, and the cause
OF the remark was one of those coats in
tended for the spring trade but cut short
Ill its growth by the continued cold
weather.
'Yahs, deah boy. You see, it's bloom
in cold ter-day an made u date with q
fairy to walk ter-tlay, an had to do it,
me boy"
GLOW hawd did he stwike We, chappiei''
Seventeen cents till ) o'clock, an five
cents an howh aftah, but must be back,
we know, and the posey cost two cents an
how'll, an could only bowwah quawtaw
fwom my little sistah" Then they parted.
At O'Clock "Chappie" was seen coming
down the street. He turned off Chestnut
street at Twelfth and went few doors,
rang u bell, and entered house. The
stroller followed it. In nicely fur
nished back room was seated a well
dressed youth of 81 years of age. He
turned ont to be 'Fwank" All around
'tio toOih "StO httliS SdIuftutS OI ali
shades and kinds, but all were of tI1a
latest English cut" Here s'Chappie',
carefully took off his coat, after removing
the rose that nestled in the upper button
hole. The bill was twenty-three cents.
what calm l do faw We, Chamber
was "Fwank's" salutation rs soon as the
wind had opened the door and cleared the
room.
"Well, this 'chappie' doesn't want any
thing, except to know little bit about
this industry Of yours Where do yer,
get these clothes hanging around here,
and is your business fiourishing suc-
cess."
At first there was an apparent indispo-
sition to answer, but 1t didn't take long To
make up the little mind possessed, and o
few startling facts were developed The
details will not, however, be told I'm the
silly lingo Of the informer.
The establishment has been In exist
ence nearly two years, and has been grow
ing rapidly ever since its organization.
The proprietor buys all kinds of fashion
able clothing from slender dudes whose
fathers give them plenty. When they
get hard up they 60 to "Fwank's," and
there they receive very fair price for
their clothing. The cheap dude, that
stands on Chestnut street curb stones and
meanders dolefully up and down, wonder
Ing all day when something is going to
happen to make it rich, SO it can enjoy
life like other "chaps," or waiting for
some heiress to fall in love with its shape.
is the one that epriches "Fwank." This
branch of the "genus dudii" seldom has
more than u dollar at one time, but 10
must make an appearance. So it goes to
'Fwank," and there it can get one Of
those dicliey top coats for 10 cents the
first hour and five cents an hour after.
On Saturdays aud Sundays the price is
raised 80 per cent, Dress suits are hired
in the evenings for 40 cents. 1t often
makes them 60 broke for week OH these
occasions. Trousers can be hired for
from to 8 cents an hoar No security
is required. On Saturdays "Fwank" buys
a job lot stock of flowers, and hires them
out i'll lots ranging from 2 to cents an
hour. -Philadelphia Times.